The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-11-24

disposed of The following gentlemen com.
pose the Grand Jury tor this week VIM. E.
Granting, Foreman; Alonzo H. Talley,
Clerk; NJ Abbott P J Power L Camp.
j Z Ward, j S Reynolds, James L Hughes,
6 NJ McElwreath, John W Rakestraw. Milton
|. McCleskey, r W Parkinson. VIM Civ,
Alexander Mabe Howard d Howell. C A
Kemp, I :, Lunsford Andrew I Hill, R
Latimer, James R Kemp. John P Boring,
John A Booth and Daniel Reed.
Mr. George T. Fowler eight miles from
Marietta on Bells Ferry road, had his cotton
gin burned on last Tuesday afternoon, con.
suming four or five bales Of cotton and about
800 or 1000 bushels of cotton seed. The
yin caught from spark from the engine.
The cotton, we learn, mostly belonged to
tenants on Mr. Fowler's place, making the
loss a severe one to him.
--FoR SALE--A coal stove in perfect
order. WIN. f. Bennett
Mr. Edgar Nichols, so long with the
Whitock House. and whose efficiency and
courtesy made him deservedly popular with
the travelling public, lett last Tuesday Tor
Beaufort. S. c., where he goes to take
charge of the Sea Island Hotel His wife
and child will remain IN Marietta for a
while. Mr.. Nichols will return by spring.
THANKSGIVING SERvIcE.-The pastors
of the Baptist, Methodist and PRESBYTERIAN
Churches will hold joint thanksgiving ser
vice today Thursday at the Presbyterian
Church at | clock a m. Rev. DR.. II.
Mcdonald. OF the Second Baptist Church of
Atlanta, will preach, Let there be a full
attendance OF our citizens.
The most accommodating and gentle
manly conductor on the Western Il Allan
tic railroad, is generally conceded to be Mr.
viii Turner OF the Marietta Accommoda-
ton train. Always genial polite and in
good humor he has made himself a avorite
with the travelling public and our home PEG
pie as no other conductor has.
DIED Mis- Julia Morris, wife of Mr. J.
5. Morris, died at the family residence in
this county on last Saturday morning. The
funeral services were conducted at the
Methodist Church in this place last Sunday
morning, after which her remains were
placed TO rest in the city cemetery.
Family or Chids Bibles, delivered when
rdered by,mail OF l.. Spaulding, Marietta.
Black Cashmeres speciality at Spring
ers,
Milton county wants to raise money
enough to grade railroad from Alphal eta
to Backwell's Station on the NJ. & n. Ga r.
r., distance OF l6 miles. The Marietta &
n, & Railway Co.. propose to equip it if
they will do the grading.
Prohibition has benefited Marietta
wonderfully. Under no consideration
would our citizens be willing for barrooms
to be restored to Marietta We now have
decent orderly town, and drunken man is
seldom ever seen on our streets
Visitors to Marietta are close observers
and want to know why the old Marietta ho
tel lot is not built up? They think it our
town is improving, that there should be no
vacant property on the square
Bottom prices on Jeans at Springers
No town has more clever or energetic
set OF merchants than Marietta. They
have the goods TO accommodate the people
and are determined to offer such induce
ments as to retain home trade. Patronlze
them by all means.
-Hunters are not meeting with much
success ia their efforts to bag game. They
say that partrldges are very scarce. They
have doubtless. found out which are the
posted lands and are hiding thereon.
composition exercise at the Male
Academy last week, Glenn Malchman car
RED oil the prize. Fred Agricola, James
McCutcheon, Harry Leake and Adrian Cor
tey"u are also worthy Of special mention.
After spending three very delightful
weeks in Macon with friends, Miss Grace
Bisaner has gone to Vaudeville, S. c., to
spend the winter with her uncle, Mr.. Will
Iatum.
Miss Hattie Lee Bisaner lett last We'd
nesday for New York City, via Savannah
and Steamship City of Augusta, where she
arrived safely Sunday the 10Th inst.
Everybody is preparing for Conference.
We will publish in our next issue the list
of names OF ministers and assignment to
homes.
Beautiful As inch Black Cashmere, 81
per yard at Sprngers.
The National Bank papers sent on to
Washington, have met with approval, and
Marietta will soon have fully equipped
Bank in operation
Mr.. James Winn, of this place last
Monday, killed two nine months old pigs
which weighed respectively $50 and 300
pounds.
We regret to learn that Miss Sue
Grant finds it necessary to 20 to Montgom
cry 10 secure an art class. She will return
in the Spring.
Mr. NJ n Cannon is running his dairy
wagon, delivering milk every morning We
hope this enterprise will be well patronized
and susta ined
The preacher who measures his success
by the dollars he raises and not by the souls
he is instrumental in saving, has poor con
ception OF his mission.
Three or four homes are yet needed for
the members of the North Georgia Confer
ence. Can you help in supplying this defc
iency il SO notify Rev p NJ. Ryburn
"A b &W w Springer have Just re
ceived the third line of Mems Hats this
season. Will close them as they did the
others, very low,
The city election takes place the sec
ond Tuesday in December. Are you ready
for it?
Rev. w. Il Eppes. of Mount Airy. has